Friends! First time burner here and I need your advice.
I will only have 1.5 h after I land in Reno and before I need to show up for Burner Express bus. This BE Doesn't stop for shopping.
So my question: Is there a grocery store at Reno airport or walking distance? I actually only need to buy some drinks (rum, whisky, vodka.. etc )
Thanks in advance and pass by Tribal Spirit - i'll mix you an Old Fashioned

Eleonora wrote:Friends! First time burner here and I need your advice.
I will only have 1.5 h after I land in Reno and before I need to show up for Burner Express bus. This BE Doesn't stop for shopping.
So my question: Is there a grocery store at Reno airport or walking distance? I actually only need to buy some drinks (rum, whisky, vodka.. etc )
Thanks in advance and pass by Tribal Spirit - i'll mix you an Old Fashioned

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Eleonora

you might try to find a delivery service? Seems there are stores or independent delivery companies that might be helpful

Where does the burner express pick up? I believe it's at the airport? Costco is just west and south, not too far. I'd uber or lyft, since time is tight. There's also a drug store a little farther down plumb at Virginia, at Shoppers' Square. They have liquor, and limited, very limited, groceries. In the same center is Smart and Final, a bulk grocer, with plenty of groceries plus lots of booze. Lastly, SaveMart is a full grocer. That is your furthest option, and is a mere 1.5 miles. Too far to walk, but a quick cab or uber away.

I can't imagine feeling comfortable making it from the airport to the liquor/grocery store to the Burner Express bus stop in 90 minutes. What if your flight is an hour late? Happens all the time . . .

I'd probably do what AntiM suggests: give your shopping list to a willing campmate, and specify your ideal brands (2-3 brand names per kind of alcohol, so if they don't have a specific brand, they can get an alternate). If there's something that can only be one brand or nothing, for example, only St. Germaine or only Goldschlager will do, and if they don't have it, they should skip it--specify that. Plus list a target price not to exceed by more than a few dollars. Then bring more than enough cash to pay in person on the playa.

It might be good to check liquor prices for wherever your personal shopper is coming from. They vary quite a bit from state to state.

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General Burning Man advice, don't book anything with tight schedules like that.
Always leave room for shit to go wrong and still get it done.
The time you waste hanging around usually ends up being some sort of fun adventure in itself and you usually run into other Burners doing the same. In Reno that's a guarantee.